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FRONTLINE NEWS

CFP Board's New Conduct Standards The financial advisory industry is always changing, and so are efforts to govern the way it's practiced...

Let's Make A Deal

by Mary Rowland

Many readers told me my April column was off. I'll keep trying if you keep complaining.

Keeping The Record Straight

by David Lawrence

The SEC is looking at adopting standards for electronic record-keeping.

Tough Lessons Ahead For ETFs

by Mary Rowland

Morningstar's Don Phillips likes ETFs, but thinks the business is doing too much trend chasing.

Swimming Upstream

by Tracey Longo

Top independent broker-dealers are helping advisors win bigger clients.

FRONTLINE NEWS

Clients Ticked Off At Their Advisors The economic and investing hard times that began last summer have taken a toll on the collective psyche of...

The Elephant In The Living Room

by Michael C. Keenan

Advisors need to be more aware of implicit transaction costs.

After The Storm

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BlackRock's Peter Fisher and Scott Amero discuss where we are headed.

FRONTLINE NEWS

Tumult At CFP Board's Ethics Commission After the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards enacted changes to both the member selection process...

FRONTLINE NEWS

Former Fed Vice Chair Reflects On Financial System Slump It's the recovery, stupid. Forget all the endless talk about a recession...

A Better Way

by Tracey Longo

Spire Investment Partners is attracting far-flung groups of breakaway brokers to the advisory firm.

FRONTLINE NEWS

Fiduciary Network Buys Stake In Brouwer, Janachowski Fiduciary Network has purchased a minority equity position in Brouwer, Janachowski & Co...

Strategic Moves

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United Capital's Joe Duran must see ways to improve an advisory firm's business before he offers to buy it.

Breakaway Brokers

by Tracey Longo

It seems that everywhere you turn, former brokers are launching their own fee-only firms.

FRONTLINE NEWS

Pershing Makes Inroads With Independent Advisors Smart investment advisors will triple their assets in the next four years, according to a new report from Pershing...

ADVISOR EMPORIUM

Pershing Offers New Analytical Tools Pershing LLC has launched a program through which its fixed-income specialists will help investment...

FRONTLINE NEWS

Congress Grills "Senior" Advisor Designations Members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging grilled the financial services industry on...

ADVISOR EMPORIUM

Fidelity Expands Advisor Referral Program Fidelity Investments has expanded its advisor referral program for high-net-worth investors, Wealth...

Demand For Trusts Explodes

by Tracey Longo

Advisors ramp up their game to ensure assets stay with them.

Efficient Rebalancing

by David Lawrence

Here are some ideas to make the job easier when you have to check under the hood and tune up those portfolios.